metal screws?, replacement for today's crap duc tape?

[George]

Typically foil tape is used on ducts. That cloth "duck tape" is just a "economy" product sold for some reason (maybe to have a cheep product for the big box stores).

[J. Clarke]

?? "Duck Tape" is Henkel's (parent company of Lepages and Loctite among others) brand name for their industrial tape products. 3M also makes a range of fabric tapes as do others. It's sold because (a) it meets various specifications and (b) because it is very useful stuff to have around.

[Ari Shaffir Fan]

Reading your post reminded me that I had come across a product that purports to solve this problem:

I haven't tried it myself.

[BobK207]

The foil tape roll itself is about the same price, but it's only about 1/6 as long. Six times the price

I'll be checking on that.......1/6 as long would make it only a 10 yard roll.........I'm way too cheap to pay $8 for 10 yards

The last roll of Al tape I got was in the 7 to $8 range & I recall it was pretty long. I'm not going to unroll it even though I'm tempted to.

I know they had a "short roll" about 10 yards but I opted for the long roll, it was a much better value.

The cheap duct tape is in the $3 range but the better stuff is $10 & up for 60 yards.

I don't think the price ratio is 6:1, I'm thinking it's more like 2:1 or less.

Just my experience

I still wouldn't use even the best duct tape even if it was free!

cheers Bob

[Member, Takoma Park Volunteer]

The gray cloth stuff is duct insulators tape or duct tape for short. Its original use was to hold the cloth coverings over fiber insulation in place while they were sewn. It was cloth tape so you could sew right through it.

[J. Clarke]

Its _original_ use was to seal ammunition cans in WWII. It came into use to seal ductwork later.

The Home Depot stuff is crap by the way, to understand duct tape you really need to get hold of some of the military issue variety.